Lawerence
Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 125 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,818since 1881
Lawerence over time
Rank among boys' names. Lawerence has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #1,265 | 39 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,056 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,078 | 52 |
| 1960 | #964 | 62 |
| 1959 | #975 | 62 |
| 1958 | #855 | 78 |
| 1957 | #732 | 105 |
| 1956 | #762 | 93 |
| 1955 | #705 | 108 |
| 1954 | #725 | 99 |
| 1953 | #717 | 99 |
| 1952 | #726 | 94 |
| 1951 | #672 | 108 |
| 1950 | #662 | 111 |
| 1949 | #607 | 125 |
| 1948 | #686 | 95 |
| 1947 | #737 | 87 |
| 1946 | #689 | 88 |
| 1945 | #743 | 68 |
| 1944 | #664 | 87 |
| 1943 | #703 | 83 |
| 1942 | #680 | 90 |
| 1941 | #733 | 71 |
| 1940 | #751 | 67 |
| 1939 | #610 | 90 |
| 1938 | #694 | 76 |
| 1937 | #764 | 64 |
| 1936 | #675 | 77 |
| 1935 | #641 | 85 |
| 1934 | #725 | 71 |
| 1933 | #685 | 75 |
| 1932 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | #738 | 74 |
| 1929 | #806 | 64 |
| 1928 | #694 | 83 |
| 1927 | #745 | 77 |
| 1926 | #716 | 79 |
| 1925 | #759 | 75 |
| 1924 | #710 | 86 |
| 1923 | #786 | 71 |
| 1922 | #855 | 64 |
| 1921 | #814 | 70 |
| 1920 | #877 | 61 |
| 1919 | #819 | 64 |
| 1918 | #664 | 87 |
| 1917 | #822 | 60 |
| 1916 | #715 | 70 |
| 1915 | #863 | 51 |
| 1914 | #802 | 43 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,000 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #685 | 15 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Lawerence! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lawerence
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1908 (#999 → #685)
- Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1910 (#756 → #1,118)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1949 at #607 (125 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1912–1960
- Highest: 1 in 10,289 boys born in 1908 were named Lawerence (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #607 in 1949, was only 1 in 14,192 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.9% of all boys named Lawerence (957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #913 |
| 1890s | 42 | #738 (1895) | #888 |
| 1900s | 81 | #685 (1908) | #972 |
| 1910s | 441 | #664 (1918) | #884 |
| 1920s | 730 | #694 (1928) | #776 |
| 1930s | 732 | #610 (1939) | #717 |
| 1940s | 861 | #607 (1949) | #699 |
| 1950s | 957 | #662 (1950) | #753 |
| 1960s | 416 | #964 (1960) | #1,219 |
| 1970s | 210 | #1,546 (1970) | #2,148 |
| 1980s | 163 | #2,166 (1982) | #3,211 |
| 1990s | 102 | #3,462 (1991) | #5,213 |
| 2000s | 57 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,439 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,653 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lawerence in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 22,745 of them was named Lawerence, which outranked 82.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #756Johnie94
- #756Raphael94
- #756Sherwood94
- #762Lawerence93
- #762Bruno93
- #762Deborah93
- #762Donell93
- #770Carol92
- #770Davy92
- #770Farrell92
Tied with 7 names at #762; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.